Bestanddeel 191 - William Whewell letters to John Whewell, Alice Lyon, and Elizabeth, Martha, and Ann Whewell

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Identificatie

referentie code

Add. MS c/191

Titel

William Whewell letters to John Whewell, Alice Lyon, and Elizabeth, Martha, and Ann Whewell

Datum(s)

  • 1811–1840 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Bestanddeel

Omvang en medium

2 boxes

Context

Geschiedenis van het archief

Discovered by W. G. Rimmer in the course of researches on the Marshall family of Leeds, apparently in an outbuilding of a Marshall house in the Lake District. Given to R. Robson at some point prior to 1964 for deposit in Trinity College Library andread more

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Gift of Horace and T. H. Marshall via W. G. Rimmer and R. Robson, 1970.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

The first two of five boxes containing letters from William Whewell to his family, Add.MS.c.191-193, arranged roughly chronologically.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Toegangen

A list of the chronological order of Whewell's letters to his family in Add.MS.c.190-193, and Add.MS.a.273 has been scanned and attached to this record.

Verwante materialen

Bestaan en verblijfplaats van kopieën

Some of these letters are extracted in Add.MS.a.301/2: Extracts from letters and diaries of William Whewell, with a MS poem, "On receiving a chain of Hair".

Related units of description

See also Add.MS.c.192-193, and a related group of William Whewell letters to Ann Newton which arrived at the library via a different source, now housed as Add.MS.a.273. In addition, there are letters from Ann Newton in the William Whewell papersread more

Aantekeningen

Aantekening

Four letters explaining provenance accompany the letters.

Trefwoorden

Aantekeningen van de archivaris

The item records were created from a partial listing of the Whewell papers produced by William J. Ashworth in 1994-1996. These entries were emended by Diana Smith in 2020.